It pays to follow the money

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If you know where to look, you can tap into the same money-making expertise that wealthy families use to manage their millions

Wealthy investors tend to have a very different mindset from ordinary mortals. Where Mr and Mrs Average are looking to get rich quick, their millionaire counterparts are looking to stay rich.

Their aim is wealth preservation and if they had a collective motto, it would be: “What we have we hold.” Ordinary investors can learn a lot from the way their well-heeled cousins manage their finances. The emphasis is on slow but steady growth over the long-term and a lordly disdain for chasing short-term performance.

One of the keys to achieving wealth preservation is to spread investments across a wide